随机算法 \ 高级算法 (Fall 2016)/Problem Set 2

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Problem 1

Consider the following optimization problem.

Instance: [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] positive integers [math]\displaystyle{ x_1\lt x_2\lt \cdots \lt x_n }[/math].

Find two disjoint nonempty subsets [math]\displaystyle{ A,B\subset\{1,2,\ldots,n\} }[/math] with [math]\displaystyle{ \sum_{i\in A}x_i\ge \sum_{i\in B}x_i }[/math], such that the ratio [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{\sum_{i\in A}x_i}{\sum_{i\in B}x_i} }[/math] is minimized.

Give a pseudo-polynomial time algorithm for the problem, and then give an FPTAS for the problem based on the pseudo-polynomial time algorithm.

Problem 2

In the maximum directed cut (MAX-DICUT) problem, we are given as input a directed graph [math]\displaystyle{ G(V,E) }[/math]. The goal is to partition [math]\displaystyle{ V }[/math] into disjoint [math]\displaystyle{ S }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ T }[/math] so that the number of edges in [math]\displaystyle{ E(S,T)=\{(u,v)\in E\mid u\in S, v\in T\} }[/math] is maximized. The following is the integer program for MAX-DICUT:

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{maximize} &&& \sum_{(u,v)\in E}y_{u,v}\\ \text{subject to} && y_{u,v} &\le x_u, & \forall (u,v)&\in E,\\ && y_{u,v} &\le 1-x_v, & \forall (u,v)&\in E,\\ && x_v &\in\{0,1\}, & \forall v&\in V,\\ && y_{u,v} &\in\{0,1\}, & \forall (u,v)&\in E. \end{align} }[/math]

Let [math]\displaystyle{ x_v^*,y_{u,v} }[/math] denote the optimal solution to the LP-relaxation of the above integer program.

• Apply the randomized rounding such that for every [math]\displaystyle{ v\in V }[/math], [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{x}_v=1 }[/math] independently with probability [math]\displaystyle{ x_v^* }[/math]. Analyze the approximation ratio (between the expected size of the random cut and OPT).
• Apply another randomized rounding such that for every [math]\displaystyle{ v\in V }[/math], [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{x}_v=1 }[/math] independently with probability [math]\displaystyle{ 1/4+x_v^*/2 }[/math]. Analyze the approximation ratio for this algorithm.

Problem 3

Recall the MAX-SAT problem and its integer program:

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{maximize} &&& \sum_{j=1}^my_j\\ \text{subject to} &&& \sum_{i\in S_j^+}x_i+\sum_{i\in S_j^-}(1-x_i)\ge y_j, && 1\le j\le m,\\ &&& x_i\in\{0,1\}, && 1\le i\le n,\\ &&& y_j\in\{0,1\}, && 1\le j\le m. \end{align} }[/math]

Recall that [math]\displaystyle{ S_j^+,S_j^-\subseteq\{1,2,\ldots,n\} }[/math] are the respective sets of variables appearing positively and negatively in clause [math]\displaystyle{ j }[/math].

Let [math]\displaystyle{ x_i^*,y_j^* }[/math] denote the optimal solution to the LP-relaxation of the above integer program. In our class we learnt that if [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{x}_i }[/math] is round to 1 independently with probability [math]\displaystyle{ x_i^* }[/math], we have approximation ratio [math]\displaystyle{ 1-1/\mathrm{e} }[/math].

We consider a generalized rounding scheme such that every [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{x}_i }[/math] is round to 1 independently with probability [math]\displaystyle{ f(x_i^*) }[/math] for some function [math]\displaystyle{ f:[0,1]\to[0,1] }[/math] to be specified.

• Suppose [math]\displaystyle{ f(x) }[/math] is an arbitrary function satisfying that [math]\displaystyle{ 1-4^{-x}\le f(x)\le 4^{x-1} }[/math] for any [math]\displaystyle{ x\in[0,1] }[/math]. Show that with this rounding scheme, the approximation ratio (between the expected number of satisfied clauses and OPT) is at least [math]\displaystyle{ 3/4 }[/math].
• Is it possible that for some more clever [math]\displaystyle{ f }[/math] we can do better than this? Try to justify your argument.